Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M279414

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MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

LINDA CHRISTOPHER

PAUL WOOTEN

DEBORAH A. DOWLING, JJ.

2021-02598 Rekha S. Karia, et al., appellants, v Poughkeepsie Town Police Department, et al., respondents. (Index No. 53231/2020)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County, dated March 3, 2021. Separate motions by the appellants pro se for leave to prosecute the appeal as poor persons and for the assignment of counsel and, in effect, to waive certification of the record pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1250.7(g).

Upon the papers filed in support of the motions and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion for leave to prosecute the appeal as poor persons and for the assignment of counsel is denied; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion, in effect, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1250.7(g) to waive certification of the record is denied, with leave to renew, on or before November 3, 2021, upon proper papers, and upon a showing of good cause for the waiver of certification, which shall include setting forth an inability to certify by any of the methods set forth in 22 NYCRR 1250.7(g); and it is further,

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellants' time to perfect the appeal is extended, and on or before November 3, 2021, the appellants shall serve and file the record or appendix and the appellants' brief via NYSCEF, if applicable, or, if NYSCEF is not mandated, serve the record or appendix and the appellants' brief and upload digital copies of the record or appendix and the appellants' brief, with proof of service thereof, through the digital portal on this Court's website.

DILLON, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, WOOTEN and DOWLING, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Maria T. Fasulo

Acting Clerk of the Court